"Exploring Igbo Culture: Tradition, Resilience, and Identity"

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Good day, everyone, and welcome to my blog. I should have dropped this post earlier, but I was kind of busy since it's the exam period in school now. I am trying to write a prepare for my final exam for my first year in college. It has been tough, but I hope for the best when the results come out. So today's Aprilininleo task topic is familiar to everyone here on the blockchain, so sit back and follow as I take you through today's topic and feel free to drop your opinion in the comment section.

Culture is the way of people's lives, and it has been in existence or let me say as old as man. There are different types of cultures and traditions around the world, and many of these traditions are still being practised to this day. First of all, I am a Nigerian, and I hail from the eastern part of the country from the Igbo tribe. The Igbos are one of the popular tribes in Nigeria and we are known to be industrious no matter where we find ourselves in the world there is a popular saying here in Nigeria that if you don't see an Igbo man anywhere you go then you have to run away from that place.

Growing up my dad was not around to teach me much about my culture, but I got to learn a little from my mum who is not a Nigerian but was able to learn my father's culture and even learn how to speak the native language of my father's culture. I learnt about my tribe's traditions from different people, and up until now, I am still learning more about my people. The Igbos had a dark time during the 1900s in a civil war that happened because the Igbos decided to break out from Nigeria and be its own Republic.

It was a bad period that saw a lot of Igbos suffer, and up until today, the Nigerian government feels no remorse for what they did in the past. There is a bad description from some people in other tribes of the Igbos, which is why until this day an Igbo man has yet to become the president of Nigeria, but with all the segregation going on, the Igbos still thrive and are living their best lives no matter the segregation going on in the country.

There are a lot of traditions and customs still practised by my tribe today, and one of them is the inclusion of yam in everything, whether it's marriage, festival or burial ceremonies, yam has been the centrepiece of my culture. It was said back in the Times before Europeans came or the creation of money for the use of trade. Yam signified that an individual is wealthy among the Igbo people.

There were small barns made for storing the tubers of yam harvested from the farm. It was also used for trade and was given out as a gift during the pre-colonial area, but even with the evolving of traditions over time, there is still a high emphasis placed on yam in the traditions and culture of my tribe. The traditions of the Igbo tribe are what give many Igbos their identity to this day, and I am glad to have come from a great tribe. So, guys, that will be all for now. Thanks for stopping by, and have a good day.

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